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.being had to the! MRS. NANCY M. LDEN, OF CHATHAM, C'NNE CTICUI".v

I `Letters .Patent No. 83,327, dated October l2O, 1868,

IMPRovEn PIE-TUBE.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making partof the lame.

To all whom it may Toont-ern Be it known that I, Mrs. NANCY M. SELDEN, of the town of Chatham, in the county4 of Middlesex, and in the State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baking Pastry, called a Pie-Tube; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my, invention consists in the application of a tube, to be placed in the centre of a pie, while baking the same, which will prevent the juice-from coming out through the edges of the pie and soiling the plate and oven. g

' In order to enable vothers skilled in the ait to which `my invention appertains, to make and use the saine, I

will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, which form a part' of this specification, andi which represent a per 4specti-ve of my invention.A I construct a tube, A, of any suitable material, which is cone-shaped, that is, wider at the top than at the bottoni. Near the bottom edge of this tube is a series of holes, a a.

The tube A is inserted in theA centre of a pie, and v the draught through the saine draws the juice towards the centre, making it impossible for the juice to escape through the outer edges ofthe pie, thus preventing any soiling of the plate and oven, which is a great saving of labor.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is p As an article oi' manufacture,` the cone-shaped tube A, provided near its lower edge with a series of holes,

-a a, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth. In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 14th day of September, 1868.

MRS. NANCY M. SELDEN. Witnesses EDWARD SELDEN, H. M.` SELDEN. 

